Maya Arad reminisces about her childhood in Kibbutz Nachal Oz, recalling a prank orchestrated by her daughter's inventive father during a bonfire celebration where he pretended they had ventured into Gaza.

Karen Tal, CEO of the Amal educational network in Israel, is working to promote Jewish-Arab coexistence during times of war.

In "Wishful Republic," Omri Boehm presents Haifa as a model for a binational federation in Israel that incorporates both Jews and Palestinians.

Haifa hosted Israel's first Arab food festival as part of the 22nd Holiday of Holidays celebration of Jewish-Arab coexistence.

Professor Menachem Klein's book, "Lives in Common: Arabs and Jews in Jerusalem, Jaffa and Hebron," delves into the historical Jewish-Arab coexistence in Palestine that eventually gave way to conflicting national identities.